that it tricks its members into parting with significant sums of money for scientology courses . scientology has fought inn ##ume ##rable lawsuits to defend itself against such charges and to pursue legal recognition as a religion . these efforts have been partly successful – scientology has gained recognition as a tax @ - @ exempt religious group in a number of countries , most notably in australia in 1983 and the united states in 1993 , and in 2007 won an important case at the european court of human rights , which ce ##ns ##ured russia for failing to register scientology as a religion . the german government has said that it does not consider scientology a religion , but a " commercial enterprise with a history
that it tricks its members into parting with significant sums of money for scientology courses. scientology has fought innumerable lawsuits to defend itself against such charges and to pursue legal recognition as a religion. these efforts have been partly successful – scientology has gained recognition as a tax @ - @ exempt religious group in a number of countries, most notably in australia in 1983 and the united states in 1993, and in 2007 won an important case at the european court of human rights, which censured russia for failing to register scientology as a religion. the german government has said that it does not consider scientology a religion, but a " commercial enterprise with a history